[mythtv-users] Slow channel switching on PVR-250 ?

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Schlomo Schapiro wrote:

>Hi,
>
>when I switch channels in Live-TV it takes 2-3 seconds to show the next 
>channel. Can this be done faster, like in 0.5 secons as on a good TV set ? 
>This is really annoying when zapping.
>
>Using mythtv-0.15.1
>  
>

1) Make sure you're using a decent filesystem such as xfs
2) It's NEVER going to be as fast as just changing the channel on a TV 
due to buffering.
3) Use the EPG or browse mode instead of chan up/down.
4) Search the archives because this has been discussed to death.